the technology included the so- called orca system, which was the republican get-out-the-vote technology to ensure that we were targeting people and getting them to the polls. i am told that it got so many hits from people around the country with target calls, it thought it was under attack and closed down. for those of you hear from -- again, the technology field, with an interest in politics, we republicans want to talk to you. [laughter] we need some help. i think that the democratic system was quite effective at micra targeting. i have heard a lot of anecdotes -- you will love it, someone gets a call who is a democrat in law school and it says that we see you have voted and that this information is publicly available, 2:00 on election day, but your sister has not voted, could you call her. that is the level at which we were doing. frankly, we were flying blind at that point. part of it is technology, which led to a turnout effort that was very impressive on their side. in the end it made a difference. second, and we have talked about this, i do think that as republicans we were not a